MacBook Air 2017 not installing Sierra

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Posted on Jul 12, 2023 12:45 PM

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BDAqua

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Jul 12, 2023 12:50 PM in response to macdillondinwiddie

APFS won't work for Sierra, Sierra needs MacOS Extended Journaled. High Sierra won't work for APFS on earlier Macs.

What has often worked for others is to use this Restore Method instead of CMD+r keys...

Option-⌘-R

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